Middle of the Night
E414557
"Middle of the Night" is a 1956 stage drama by Paddy Chayefsky about a middle-aged widower’s romantic relationship with a much younger woman, exploring themes of loneliness, aging, and societal judgment.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Middle of the Night canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4137846 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Middle of the Night Context triple: [Paddy Chayefsky, notableWork, Middle of the Night]
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A.
Somewhere in the Night
"Somewhere in the Night" is a song featured on the album "The Doctor Came at Dawn" by American singer-songwriter Bill Callahan under his Smog moniker.
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B.
Still of the Night
"Still of the Night" is a 1987 hard rock song by the British band Whitesnake, known for its powerful vocals, heavy riffs, and prominent place in the glam metal era.
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C.
Deep in the Night
"Deep in the Night" is a 1978 soul and R&B album by legendary American singer Etta James, showcasing her powerful vocals in a mix of contemporary and classic styles.
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D.
In the Still of the Night
"In the Still of the Night" is a popular 1937 American standard written by Cole Porter for the film "Rosalie," later widely recorded by leading vocalists and big bands.
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E.
Something in the Night
"Something in the Night" is a brooding, emotionally charged song by Bruce Springsteen from his 1978 album *Darkness on the Edge of Town*, known for its haunting atmosphere and themes of loss and desperation.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Middle of the Night Target entity description: "Middle of the Night" is a 1956 stage drama by Paddy Chayefsky about a middle-aged widower’s romantic relationship with a much younger woman, exploring themes of loneliness, aging, and societal judgment.
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A.
Somewhere in the Night
"Somewhere in the Night" is a song featured on the album "The Doctor Came at Dawn" by American singer-songwriter Bill Callahan under his Smog moniker.
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B.
Still of the Night
"Still of the Night" is a 1987 hard rock song by the British band Whitesnake, known for its powerful vocals, heavy riffs, and prominent place in the glam metal era.
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C.
Deep in the Night
"Deep in the Night" is a 1978 soul and R&B album by legendary American singer Etta James, showcasing her powerful vocals in a mix of contemporary and classic styles.
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D.
In the Still of the Night
"In the Still of the Night" is a popular 1937 American standard written by Cole Porter for the film "Rosalie," later widely recorded by leading vocalists and big bands.
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E.
Something in the Night
"Something in the Night" is a brooding, emotionally charged song by Bruce Springsteen from his 1978 album *Darkness on the Edge of Town*, known for its haunting atmosphere and themes of loss and desperation.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (25)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
drama
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film ⓘ stage play ⓘ |
| author | Paddy Chayefsky ⓘ |
| basedOn | Middle of the Night self-linksurface differs ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| dramaticForm |
domestic drama
ⓘ
realist drama ⓘ |
| firstPerformanceDate | 1956 ⓘ |
| genre |
drama
ⓘ
romantic drama ⓘ |
| hasAdaptation | Middle of the Night (1959 film) ⓘ |
| medium | theatre ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| periodOfSetting | 1950s ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1956 ⓘ |
| setting | New York City ⓘ |
| subject |
middle-aged widower
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younger woman ⓘ |
| theme |
aging
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intergenerational romance ⓘ loneliness ⓘ romantic relationships ⓘ societal judgment ⓘ |
| writer | Paddy Chayefsky ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Middle of the Night Description of subject: "Middle of the Night" is a 1956 stage drama by Paddy Chayefsky about a middle-aged widower’s romantic relationship with a much younger woman, exploring themes of loneliness, aging, and societal judgment.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Middle of the Night (1959 film)
subject surface form:
Paddy Chayefsky